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Back in Toronto: Joe Tritt has few kind words for Britain
Back in Toronto: Joe Tritt has few kind words for Britain

Back in Toronto: Joe Tritt has few kind words for Britain

Date2/7/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134999F
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
Hooked on words: High school teacher Bill Sherk, 41, has written 500 Years of New Words, in which he lists a word that first appeared in the English language for each year since 1507-that's when America first appeared
Hooked on words: High school teacher Bill Sherk, 41, has written 500 Years of New Words, in which he lists a word that first appeared in the English language for each year since 1507-that's when America first appeared
5/3/1983
Although his native tongue is Swahill, Hamid Djabir, 34-year-old Imam at the Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation centre, was taught to recite the Koran in Arabic. He has committed its almost 100,000 words to memory.
Although his native tongue is Swahill, Hamid Djabir, 34-year-old Imam at the Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation centre, was taught to recite the Koran in Arabic. He has committed its almost 100,000 words to memory.
3/1/1993
Soft words. Liberal candidate Philip Gigantes (right) has lost his voice but not his chutzpah - he's out mainstreeting along the Danforth in Broadview-Greewood riding, and carrying a sign to let people like John Bovetas know he can only talk softly.
Soft words. Liberal candidate Philip Gigantes (right) has lost his voice but not his chutzpah - he's out mainstreeting along the Danforth in Broadview-Greewood riding, and carrying a sign to let people like John Bovetas know he can only talk softly.
1/25/1980
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
10/28/1971
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
10/28/1986
100 studs: Carson Rivoli, manager of The Rivoli, decorated his jacket with flat studs that spell the words The Saints Cartoon
100 studs: Carson Rivoli, manager of The Rivoli, decorated his jacket with flat studs that spell the words The Saints Cartoon
12/11/1989
As a radio operator Jim Rivis' mother Elma heard last words of the pilot who fathered her child as he crashed in the North Sea
As a radio operator Jim Rivis' mother Elma heard last words of the pilot who fathered her child as he crashed in the North Sea
1/6/1983
Encouraging words: Randy Mills, left,talks with Linda Morowei and Sheldon Taylor of the Jane Finch Concerned Citizens Organization.
Encouraging words: Randy Mills, left,talks with Linda Morowei and Sheldon Taylor of the Jane Finch Concerned Citizens Organization.
6/17/1988
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
1/26/1989
Robert Pante: The brash, bravado California style consultant for whom the three magic words are money, sex and power, believes that if you don't feel affluent and appealing when you look in the mirror, you should throw out what you're wearing
Robert Pante: The brash, bravado California style consultant for whom the three magic words are money, sex and power, believes that if you don't feel affluent and appealing when you look in the mirror, you should throw out what you're wearing
6/15/1981
Puzzler: Tom Ransom has seen all kinds of puzzles - he has 3,000 in his collection - but this wooden take-apart one from Finland has him baffled
Puzzler: Tom Ransom has seen all kinds of puzzles - he has 3,000 in his collection - but this wooden take-apart one from Finland has him baffled
1/21/1981